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FNUS73 KILX 152100
FWSILX
SPOT FORECAST FOR GINTHER PROPERTY PRESCRIBED FIRE...IL DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
400 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (217) 732-3089 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE STATE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING,
WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING MORE SOUTHERLY IN THE
AFTERNOON. WITH THE LIGHT WINDS, VENTILATION RATES WILL BE FAIR
TO POOR ON WEDNESDAY. AN INCREASING SOUTHEAST OR SOUTH FLOW ON
THURSDAY WILL IMPROVE VENTILATION, THOUGH RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ALSO
BE ON THE INCREASE.
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...1 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...
BECOMING SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...MAX 5700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
6 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /6800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR
/51000 KNOT-FT/.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...5 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50.
RH..................MAX 71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 23 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4500 KNOT-FT).
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...17 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69.
RH..................MIN 58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 33 MPH
INCREASING TO 36 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 17 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 32 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (78600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
FORECASTER...GEELHART
REQUESTED BY...TIMOTHY KELLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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